Climbing Pitcairn Island: Extreme Exposure

Once home to the notorious Bounty mutineers and now to a shocking scandal, lonely Pitcairn Island is hoping to shake its dark legacy. Can a rock-climbing expedition help forge a better future? Photographs by Jimmy Chin

Shirley Young stands outside her front door and watches the sunrise. Shirley and her husband, Simon, built their home on high cliffs overlooking the rocky coastline. They were the only "outsiders,"or people not born on the island, to move to the island recently.—Photographer Jimmy Chin

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